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The attack — which has reportedly seen units set to continuously defrost at 50 degrees Celsius — is also apparently affecting deliveries and in-store pricing powered by electronic shelf labels, (https://www.ladepeche.fr/2026/10/12/intermarche-leclerc-et-super-u-vises-par-une-cyberattaque-la-temperature-des-frigos-est-montee-jusqua-50-degres-des-degats-considerables-attendus-13596843.php) La Dépêche   reports.   According to the report, "several" major retailers have been targeted by a cyberattack, which has hit Danfoss-made refrigeration controls used by French supermarkets Intermarché, Leclerc, and Coopérative U. Indeed, the latter's president, Dominique Schelcher, has confirmed as of Monday morning that "A cyberattack has been affecting the refrigeration production facilities of several stores in our network since last night." Schelcher said teams had been mobilized to fix the issue and promised an investigation into the incident, which he described as "extremely serious." (https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2109564928881308012) Je confirme qu’une cyberattaque touche depuis cette nuit les installations de production de froid de plusieurs magasins de notre réseau @CooperativeU.
Nos équipes sont pleinement mobilisées, en lien avec les frigoristes, pour rétablir la situation au plus vite. Une enquête devra permettre de faire toute la lumière sur cette attaque.
S’attaquer à des équipements essentiels à la conservation des produits frais et à l’approvisionnement alimentaire des Français est d’une extrême gravité et est inédit. C’est inacceptable.(https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/2109564928881308012) October 12, 2026        The report states the units have had their automatic defrosting systems activate, but that hackers have also configured the function — which normally runs for just two hours a day — into a continuous, forced defrosting cycle with the temperature set to a toasty 50 degrees Celsius. Sources reportedly described "a wave of heat" escaping from fridges and freezers  Latest Videos From Tom's Hardware       (unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-delivery-and-store-prices-also-impacted-by-incident.html) Watch full video here:     Early reports indicate losses are already approaching 300,000 euros, but could run into several million euros nationwide. Separately, (https://nos.nl/artikel/2634644-geen-bezorging-en-verkeerde-winkelprijzen-na-cyberveiligheidsincident-bij-albert-heijn) NOS  in the Netherlands reports that several supermarket chains have been hit with a malfunction due to a cybersecurity incident on Sunday afternoon. Albert Heijn, Etos, and Gall & Gall have had their websites taken down, impacting deliveries. Electronic shelf labels have also been compromised, disrupting in-store pricing. "We have immediately taken measures to protect our IT environment. Part of this involves the preventive temporary shutdown of a number of systems," Albert Heijn said in a statement.  It is unclear at this stage whether the two attacks are related or how widespread either of them is. Belgium's Delhaize chain, which belongs to Albert Heijn, has also reported disruption. Images online show stores in Amsterdam warning customers about price problems, and the suspension of loyalty programs that have also been impacted by the incident. 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(https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-%E2%80%94-delivery-and-store-prices-also-imp.3901342/) Reply       logainofhades  Another case of something that shouldn't be online....  (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-%E2%80%94-delivery-and-store-prices-also-imp.3901342/) Reply       TheyStoppedit  I have no doubt everyone is asking the same thing.  (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-%E2%80%94-delivery-and-store-prices-also-imp.3901342/) Reply       PEnns  Again, why???I am beginning to lose sympathy and patience.  (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-%E2%80%94-delivery-and-store-prices-also-imp.3901342/) Reply       hotaru251  imagine how much $ they lost having these on the internet vs keeping em dumb....  (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-%E2%80%94-delivery-and-store-prices-also-imp.3901342/) Reply       jp7189  Monitoring, logging, alerting, and control of temps that directly correlate to spoilage and lost revenue.. yeah.. cant see any reason a multinational supermarket chain would want that... /s  (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-%E2%80%94-delivery-and-store-prices-also-imp.3901342/) Reply       TechieTwo  This should be a (late) wake-up call to those that have not been paying attention.  (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-%E2%80%94-delivery-and-store-prices-also-imp.3901342/) Reply       JayGau  They want those appliances to be online for a single reason: spyware.They want to be able to track our habits so they can sell the data to advertisers. If they lose more money because of hacking attacks like this than they make by selling our data, they may reconsider their commercial strategy. I have been looking for a dumb TV recently for my Switch 2. Unable to find anything. They are all "smart", so more spying machines than actual TVs. Thinking that this is also happening to fridges and laundry machines is terrifying.  (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-%E2%80%94-delivery-and-store-prices-also-imp.3901342/) Reply       TheyStoppedit  JayGau said: They want those appliances to be online for a single reason: spyware.They want to be able to track our habits so they can sell the data to advertisers. If they lose more money because of hacking attacks like this than they make by selling our data, they may reconsider their commercial strategy.I have been looking for a dumb TV recently for my Switch 2. Unable to find anything. They are all "smart", so more spying machines than actual TVs. Thinking that this is also happening to fridges and laundry machines is terrifying. They can do all that stuff without having to connect to the internet. Just log the data locally and then deal with it on a private server later on. As for smart TVs, just buy one and dont connect it to wifi and dont plug in a lan cable  (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-%E2%80%94-delivery-and-store-prices-also-imp.3901342/) Reply       bit_user  jp7189 said: Monitoring, logging, alerting, and control of temps that directly correlate to spoilage and lost revenue.. yeah.. cant see any reason a multinational supermarket chain would want that... /s But there's a difference between passive monitoring vs. the ability to do remote control. Clearly, the potential for exploits didn't factor into somebody's calculus, when they decided to add features for remote control.I hope the short-term fix is simply to power-cycle the fridges and disable their online connectivity.  (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-%E2%80%94-delivery-and-store-prices-also-imp.3901342/) Reply      (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-%E2%80%94-delivery-and-store-prices-also-imp.3901342/) View All 14 Comments      Show more comments                           Tom's Hardware is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. (https://futureplc.com/) Visit our corporate site .  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